Napier - Other Uses

Other Uses

  • Clan Napier, a Scottish clan
  • Edinburgh Napier University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the mathematician
  • Napier earthquake, a 1931 earthquake in New Zealand
  • Napier's constant, another name for e (see John Napier above)
  • Pennisetum purpureum or Napier Grass
  • Napier88, a programming language named after the mathematician
  • Napier Museum, in Kerala, India, named for Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, governor of Madras
  • Napier Company (jewellery), maker of the "Napier" brand of jewellery
  • 125th Napier's Rifles, a historical British military regiment, named for General Sir Charles James Napier
  • 7096 Napier, a Mars-orbit crossing asteroid
  • Napier Phase, an archaeological phase of pre-Columbian North America.

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